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We think of tears as an overflow of emotion, but an evolutionary lens shows they’re a rational form of social signalling ...

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Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence ...

Jack Powers was incarcerated in 1990 following a conviction for bank robbery. In prison, he witnessed a murder and received death threats for testifying against the perpetrators. The experience left ...

Surveying his life, Carl Jung reflects on the collective unconscious, his clash with Freud and humanity’s uncertain future ...

After fleeing war-torn Liberia, an outsider artist creates haunting portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands ...

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The diplomatic intervention by a philosopher on a president shows the extraordinary consequences of unlikely meetings ...

Last September, I took part in a ‘Deep Time Walk’: a 4.6 km hike through the Welsh countryside, mirroring 4.6 billion years of Earth history. As the kilometres passed, our guide took us from the ...

As the father of twins, I could hardly feel more frazzled. But my brain age might paint a different, more youthful, picture ...

Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why Ask someone to describe their most vivid and emotionally charged memories ...